General Knowledge #60 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #60

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

General Knowledge : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

1. Who first identified electron?

(a) J. Kepler

(b) J. J. Thompson

(c) D. Rutherford

(d) James Chadwick

Answer: (b)

2. Who made the first attempt in printing in England?

(a) William Caxton

(b) Geoffrey Chaucer

(c) Lorenz Kellner

(d) Charles Knight

Answer: (a)

3. Who was the first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Award?

(a) Nelson Mandela

(b) Mother Teresa

(c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan

(d) None of the above

Answer: (d)

4. When did the first General Election in India take place?

(a) 1948

(b) 1948

(c) 1950

(d) 1952

Answer: (d)

5. Which was India’s first indigenously built missile boat?

(a) INS Vibhuti

(b) INS Savitri

(c) INS Vikrant

(d) INS Vipul

Answer: (a)

6. When was the first launch of the missile ‘Trishul’ made?

(a) August, 2000

(b) July, 1998

(c) September, 1995

(d) January, 1996

Answer: (c)

7. The energy of food is measured in which of the following?

(a) Kelvin

(b) Calories

(c) Bushel

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

8. Which of the following are the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council?

(a) USA, UK, Russia, France, China

(b) India, China, Russia, USA, Sweden

(c) Belgium, USA, Canada, Russia, France

(d) India, USA, Israel, Russia, France

Answer: (a)

9. The frequency of which of the following is the highest?

(a) Radio waves

(b) Light waves

(c) Gamma rays

(d) Micro waves

Answer: (c)

10. Which of the following award was insituted to honour outstanding agricultural scientists?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji Award

(b) Arjuna Award

(c) Borlaug Award

(d) Bhatnagar Award

Answer: (c)

11. Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?

(a) Junko Tabei

(b) Bachendri Pal

(c) Valentina Tereshkova

(d) Yasuko Namba

Answer: (a)

12. Who was the first Indian and Asian to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?

(a) C.V. Raman

(b) Mother Teresa

(c) S. Chandrasekhar

(d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer: (a)

13. Who received the first Dada Sahed Phalke Award in 1969?

(a) Kanan Devi

(b) Rajesh Khanna

(c) Dilip Kumar

(d) Devika Rani

Answer: (d)

14. Who was the first lady Prime Minister of a country?

(a) Indira Gandhi (India)

(b) Golda Meir (Israel)

(c) Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka)

(d) Margaret Thatcher (United Kingdom)

Answer: (c)

15. Which dance in Himachal Pradesh is performed indoor, solo or duet, especially when life comes to a standstill during cold winter?

(a) Giddha parhaun

(b) Bihu

(c) Rouf

(d) Luddi

Answer: (a)

16. Where were the first Asian Games held in 1951?

(a) Tokyo, Japan

(b) Beijing, China

(c) Jakarta, Indonesia

(d) New Delhi, India

Answer: (d)

17. Who was the fisrt Indian actress to have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha?

(a) Hema Malini

(b) Jaya Bachchan

(c) Nargis Dutt

(d) Jaya Prada

Answer: (c)

18. Where was the first Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference held?

(a) Belgrade, Yugoslavia

(b) Lusaka, Zambia

(c) Cape Town, South Africa

(d) Caire, Egypt

Answer: (a)

19. Who was the first recipient of Bharat Ratna Award in 1954?

(a) C. Rajagopalachari

(b) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

(c) C. V. Raman

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

20. Who developed the polio vaccine?

(a) Louis Pasteur

(b) Maurice Hilleman

(c) Alexander Fleming

(d) Jonas Salk

Answer: (d)

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